Recent content by polston

I bottled my second batch of beer today, an IPA, 3 weeks in the primary straight to the bottling bucket. When siphoning I accidentally sucked up some of the gunk from the bottom of the bucket. Not much,just a little bit, tablespoon maybe. I'm not overly concerned, just a bit curious what...

... so I'm obviously new here,and asking someone to please define the term steep. First batch for me, it's a Brewer's Best classic English pale ale extract kit and the instructions say "Place grain filled bag into brewpot water and heat to approximately 160 - 170 and steep 20 minutes." I'm...